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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the The Complete Works of William Shakespeare novel. A total of 593 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.by William Shakespeare.1609 THE SONNETS by Wil
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.by William Shakespeare.1609 THE SONNETS by William Shakespeare 1 From fairest creatures we desire increase, That thereby beauty's rose might never die, But as the riper should by time decease, His tender heir
- 301 KING. And I mine too,.good Lord!BEROWNE. Amen, so I had mine! Is not that a good word?DUMAIN. I would forget her; but a fever she Reigns in my blood, and will rememb'red be.BEROWNE. A fever in your blood? Why, then incision Would let her out in sauce
- 302 KING. O paradox! Black is the badge of h.e.l.l, The hue of dungeons, and the school of night; And beauty's crest becomes the heavens well.BEROWNE. Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.O, if in black my lady's brows be deckt, It mour
- 303 MOTH. Offer'd by a child to an old man; which is wit-old.HOLOFERNES. What is the figure? What is the figure?MOTH. Horns.HOLOFERNES. Thou disputes like an infant; go whip thy gig.MOTH. Lend me your horn to make one, and I will whip about your infamy c
- 304 PRINCESS OF FRANCE. Saint Dennis to Saint Cupid! What are they That charge their breath against us? Say, scout, say.BOYET. Under the cool shade of a sycamore I thought to close mine eyes some half an hour; When, lo, to interrupt my purpos'd rest, Tow
- 305 BEROWNE. Therefore meet. [They converse apart]DUMAIN. Will you vouchsafe with me to change a word?MARIA. Name it.DUMAIN. Fair lady- MARIA. Say you so? Fair lord- Take that for your fair lady.DUMAIN. Please it you, As much in private, and I'll bid adi
- 306 BEROWNE. Where? when? what vizard? Why demand you this?ROSALINE. There, then, that vizard; that superfluous case That hid the worse and show'd the better face.KING. We were descried; they'll mock us now downright.DUMAIN. Let us confess, and turn
- 307 BEROWNE. Well said, old mocker; I must needs be friends with thee.COSTARD. I Pompey am, Pompey surnam'd the Big- DUMAIN. The Great.COSTARD. It is Great, sir.Pompey surnam'd the Great, That oft in field, with targe and s.h.i.+eld, did make my foe
- 308 COSTARD. Then shall Hector be whipt for Jaquenetta that is quick by him, and hang'd for Pompey that is dead by him.DUMAIN. Most rare Pompey!BOYET. Renowned Pompey!BEROWNE. Greater than Great! Great, great, great Pompey! Pompey the Huge!DUMAIN. Hector
- 309 When all aloud the wind doth blow, And coughing drowns the parson's saw, And birds sit brooding in the snow, And Marian's nose looks red and raw, When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl: 'Tu-who; Tu-whit, To-
- 310 Enter the three Witches.FIRST WITCH. Where hast thou been, sister?SECOND WITCH. Killing swine.THIRD WITCH. Sister, where thou?FIRST WITCH. A sailor's wife had chestnuts in her lap, And mounch'd, and mounch'd, and mounch'd. "Give m
- 311 MACBETH. The rest is labor, which is not used for you.I'll be myself the harbinger, and make joyful The hearing of my wife with your approach; So humbly take my leave.DUNCAN. My worthy Cawdor!MACBETH. [Aside.] The Prince of c.u.mberland! That is a st
- 312 Exeunt.> ACT II. SCENE I.Inverness. Court of Macbeth's castle.Enter Banquo and Fleance, bearing a torch before him. BANQUO. How goes the night, boy?FLEANCE. The moon is down; I have not heard the clock.BANQUO. And she goes down at twelve.FLEANCE.
- 313 How is't with me, when every noise appals me?What hands are here? Ha, they pluck out mine eyes!Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather The mult.i.tudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green
- 314 LENNOX. Those of his chamber, as it seem'd, had done't.Their hands and faces were all badged with blood; So were their daggers, which unwiped we found Upon their pillows.They stared, and were distracted; no man's life Was to be trusted with
- 315 Exeunt all but Macbeth and an Attendant.Sirrah, a word with you. Attend those men Our pleasure?ATTENDANT. They are, my lord, without the palace gate.MACBETH. Bring them before us. Exit Attendant.To be thus is nothing, But to be safely thus. Our fears in B
- 316 THIRD MURTHERER. There's but one down; the son is fled.SECOND MURTHERER. We have lost Best half of our affair.FIRST MURTHERER. Well, let's away and say how much is done.Exeunt.SCENE IV.A Hall in the palace. A banquet prepared.Enter Macbeth, Lady
- 317 Strange things I have in head that will to hand, Which must be acted ere they may be scann'd.LADY MACBETH. You lack the season of all natures, sleep.MACBETH. Come, we'll to sleep. My strange and self-abuse Is the initiate fear that wants hard us
- 318 FIRST APPARITION. Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff, Beware the Thane of Fife. Dismiss me. Enough.Descends.MACBETH. Whate'er thou art, for thy good caution, thanks; Thou hast harp'd my fear aright. But one word more- FIRST WITCH. He will
- 319 LADY MACDUFF. Everyone that does so is a traitor and must be hanged.SON. And must they all be hanged that swear and lie?LADY MACDUFF. Everyone.SON. Who must hang them?LADY MACDUFF. Why, the honest men.SON. Then the liars and swearers are fools, for there
- 320 ROSS. That of an hour's age doth hiss the speaker; Each minute teems a new one.MACDUFF. How does my wife?ROSS. Why, well.MACDUFF. And all my children?ROSS. Well too. MACDUFF. The tyrant has not batter'd at their peace?ROSS. No, they were well at
- 321 Enter Menteith, Caithness, Angus, Lennox, and Soldiers.MENTEITH. The English power is near, led on by Malcolm, His uncle Siward, and the good Macduff.Revenges burn in them, for their dear causes Would to the bleeding and the grim alarm Excite the mortifie
- 322 MACBETH. Hang out our banners on the outward walls; The cry is still, "They come!" Our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn. Here let them lie Till famine and the ague eat them up.Were they not forced with those that should be ours
- 323 MACBETH. Thou losest labor.As easy mayst thou the intrenchant air With thy keen sword impress as make me bleed.Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born.MACDUFF. Despair thy charm, And let th
- 324 We have with a leaven'd and prepared choice Proceeded to you; therefore take your honours.Our haste from hence is of so quick condition That it prefers itself, and leaves unquestion'd Matters of needful value. We shall write to you, As time and
- 325 CLAUDIO. No.LUCIO. Lechery?CLAUDIO. Call it so.PROVOST. Away, sir; you must go.CLAUDIO. One word, good friend. Lucio, a word with you. LUCIO. A hundred, if they'll do you any good. Is lechery so look'd after?CLAUDIO. Thus stands it with me: upon
- 326 A hall in ANGELO'S house Enter ANGELO, ESCALUS, a JUSTICE, PROVOST, OFFICERS, and other ATTENDANTS ANGELO. We must not make a scarecrow of the law, Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape till custom make it Their perch, an
- 327 POMPEY. Truly, sir, in my poor opinion, they will to't then. If your wors.h.i.+p will take order for the drabs and the knaves, you need not to fear the bawds.ESCALUS. There is pretty orders beginning, I can tell you: but it is but heading and hanging
- 328 There's many have committed it.LUCIO. [Aside] Ay, well said.ANGELO. The law hath not been dead, though it hath slept.Those many had not dar'd to do that evil If the first that did th' edict infringe Had answer'd for his deed. Now '
- 329 ANGELO. That you might know it would much better please me Than to demand what 'tis. Your brother cannot live.ISABELLA. Even so! Heaven keep your honour!ANGELO. Yet may he live awhile, and, it may be, As long as you or I; yet he must die.ISABELLA. Un
- 330 ISABELLA. There spake my brother; there my father's grave Did utter forth a voice. Yes, thou must die: Thou art too n.o.ble to conserve a life In base appliances. This outward-sainted deputy, Whose settled visage and deliberate word Nips youth i'
- 331 LUCIO. Why, 'tis good; it is the right of it; it must be so; ever your fresh wh.o.r.e and your powder'd bawd- an unshunn'd consequence; it must be so. Art going to prison, Pompey?POMPEY. Yes, faith, sir.LUCIO. Why, 'tis not amiss, Pomp
- 332 Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again; Seals of love, but seal'd in vain, seal'd in vain.Enter DUKE, disguised as b
- 333 PROVOST. What comfort is for Claudio?DUKE. There's some in hope.PROVOST. It is a bitter deputy.DUKE. Not so, not so; his life is parallel'd Even with the stroke and line of his great justice; He doth with holy abstinence subdue That in himself w
- 334 Enter PROVOST PROVOST. Now, sir, how do you find the prisoner?DUKE. A creature unprepar'd, unmeet for death; And to transport him in the mind he is Were d.a.m.nable.PROVOST. Here in the prison, father, There died this morning of a cruel fever One Rag
- 335 SCENE VI.A street near the city gate Enter ISABELLA and MARIANA ISABELLA. To speak so indirectly I am loath; I would say the truth; but to accuse him so, That is your part. Yet I am advis'd to do it; He says, to veil full purpose.MARIANA. Be rul'
- 336 Give us some seats. Come, cousin Angelo; In this I'll be impartial; be you judge Of your own cause.Enter MARIANA veiled Is this the witness, friar?FIRST let her show her face, and after speak.MARIANA. Pardon, my lord; I will not show my face Until my
- 337 We'll borrow place of him. [To ANGELO] Sir, by your leave.Hast thou or word, or wit, or impudence, That yet can do thee office? If thou hast, Rely upon it till my tale be heard, And hold no longer out.ANGELO. O my dread lord, I should be guiltier tha
- 338 by William Shakespeare DRAMATIS PERSONAE THE DUKE OF VENICE THE PRINCE OF MOROCCO, suitor to Portia THE PRINCE OF ARRAGON, " " "ANTONIO, a merchant of Venice Ba.s.sANIO, his friend, suitor to Portia SOLANIO, friend to Antonio and Ba.s.sanio
- 339 palaces. It is a good divine that follows his own instructions; I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching. The brain may devise laws for the blood, but a hot temper leaps o'er a cold
- 340 A pound of man's flesh taken from a man Is not so estimable, profitable neither, As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. I say, To buy his favour, I extend this friends.h.i.+p; If he will take it, so; if not, adieu; And, for my love, I pray you wrong m
- 341 GRATIANO. Where's your master?LEONARDO. Yonder, sir, he walks. Exit GRATIANO. Signior Ba.s.sanio!Ba.s.sANIO. Gratiano!GRATIANO. I have suit to you.Ba.s.sANIO. You have obtain'd it.GRATIANO. You must not deny me: I must go with you to Belmont.Ba.
- 342 GRATIANO. This is the pent-house under which Lorenzo Desired us to make stand.SALERIO. His hour is almost past.GRATIANO. And it is marvel he out-dwells his hour, For lovers ever run before the clock.SALERIO. O, ten times faster Venus' pigeons fly To
- 343 SCENE VIII.Venice. A street Enter SALERIO and SOLANIO SALERIO. Why, man, I saw Ba.s.sanio under sail; With him is Gratiano gone along; And in their s.h.i.+p I am sure Lorenzo is not.SOLANIO. The villain Jew with outcries rais'd the Duke, Who went wit
- 344 ACT III. SCENE I.Venice. A street Enter SOLANIO and SALERIO SOLANIO. Now, what news on the Rialto?SALERIO. Why, yet it lives there uncheck'd that Antonio hath a s.h.i.+p of rich lading wreck'd on the narrow seas; the Goodwins I think they call t
- 345 How many cowards, whose hearts are all as false As stairs of sand, wear yet upon their chins The beards of Hercules and frowning Mars; Who, inward search'd, have livers white as milk!And these a.s.sume but valour's excrement To render them redou
- 346 LORENZO. Madam, although I speak it in your presence, You have a n.o.ble and a true conceit Of G.o.dlike amity, which appears most strongly In bearing thus the absence of your lord.But if you knew to whom you show this honour, How true a gentleman you sen
- 347 SHYLOCK. If every ducat in six thousand ducats Were in six parts, and every part a ducat, I would not draw them; I would have my bond.DUKE OF VENICE. How shalt thou hope for mercy, rend'ring none?SHYLOCK. What judgment shall I dread, doing no wrong?Y
- 348 PORTIA. And you must cut this flesh from off his breast.The law allows it and the court awards it.SHYLOCK. Most learned judge! A sentence! Come, prepare.PORTIA. Tarry a little; there is something else.This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood: The wor
- 349 Exeunt ACT V. SCENE I.Belmont. The garden before PORTIA'S house Enter LORENZO and JESSICA LORENZO. The moon s.h.i.+nes bright. In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise- in such a night, Troilu
- 350 I gave my love a ring, and made him swear Never to part with it, and here he stands; I dare be sworn for him he would not leave it Nor pluck it from his finger for the wealth That the world masters. Now, in faith, Gratiano, You give your wife too unkind a
- 351 SHALLOW. Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star Chamber matter of it; if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire.SLENDER. In the county of Gloucester, Justice of Peace, and Coram.SHALLOW. Ay, cousin Slender, an
- 352 Exeunt all but SHALLOW, SLENDER, and EVANS SLENDER. I had rather than forty s.h.i.+llings I had my Book of Songs and Sonnets here.Enter SIMPLE How, Simple! Where have you been? I must wait on myself, must I? You have not the Book of Riddles about you, hav
- 353 PISTOL. Young ravens must have food.FALSTAFF. Which of you know Ford of this town?PISTOL. I ken the wight; he is of substance good.FALSTAFF. My honest lads, I will tell you what I am about.PISTOL. Two yards, and more.FALSTAFF. No quips now, Pistol. Indeed
- 354 Enter FENTON FENTON. How now, good woman, how dost thou?QUICKLY. The better that it pleases your good wors.h.i.+p to ask.FENTON. What news? How does pretty Mistress Anne?QUICKLY. In truth, sir, and she is pretty, and honest, and gentle; and one that is yo
- 355 MRS. FORD. [Aside to MRS. PAGE] Trust me, I thought on her; she'll fit it.MRS. PAGE. You are come to see my daughter Anne?QUICKLY. Ay, forsooth; and, I pray, how does good Mistress Anne?MRS. PAGE. Go in with us and see; we have an hour's talk wi
- 356 FALSTAFF. Brook is his name?BARDOLPH. Ay, sir.FALSTAFF. Call him in. [Exit BARDOLPH] Such Brooks are welcome to me, that o'erflows such liquor. Ah, ha! Mistress Ford and Mistress Page, have I encompa.s.s'd you? Go to; via!Re-enter BARDOLPH, with
- 357 SHALLOW. [Aside] We will do it.PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER. Adieu, good Master Doctor.Exeunt PAGE, SHALLOW, and SLENDER CAIUS. By gar, me vill kill de priest; for he speak for a jack- an-ape to Anne Page.HOST. Let him die. Sheathe thy impatience; throw col
- 358 ROBIN. I had rather, forsooth, go before you like a man than follow him like a dwarf.MRS. PAGE. O, you are a flattering boy; now I see you'll be a courtier.Enter FORD FORD. Well met, Mistress Page. Whither go you?MRS. PAGE. Truly, sir, to see your wi
- 359 MRS. FORD. What cause of suspicion?MRS. PAGE. What cause of suspicion? Out upon you, how am I mistook in you!MRS. FORD. Why, alas, what's the matter?MRS. PAGE. Your husband's coming hither, woman, with all the officers in Windsor, to search for
- 360 ANNE. I come to him. [Aside] This is my father's choice.O, what a world of vile ill-favour'd faults Looks handsome in three hundred pounds a year!QUICKLY. And how does good Master Fenton? Pray you, a word with you.SHALLOW. She's coming; to
- 361 FORD. In good sadness, sir, I am sorry that for my sake you have suffer'd all this. My suit, then, is desperate; you'll undertake her no more.FALSTAFF. Master Brook, I will be thrown into Etna, as I have been into Thames, ere I will leave her th
- 362 MRS. PAGE. Hard by, at street end; he will be here anon.MRS. FORD. I am undone: the knight is here.MRS. PAGE. Why, then, you are utterly sham'd, and he's but a dead man. What a woman are you! Away with him, away with him; better shame than murde
- 363 The Garter Inn Enter HOST and BARDOLPH BARDOLPH. Sir, the Germans desire to have three of your horses; the Duke himself will be to-morrow at court, and they are going to meet him.HOST. What duke should that be comes so secretly? I hear not of him in the c
- 364 Enter SIR HUGH EVANS EVANS. Where is mine host?HOST. What is the matter, sir?EVANS. Have a care of your entertainments. There is a friend of mine come to town tells me there is three cozen-germans that has cozen'd all the hosts of Readins, of Maidenh
- 365 MRS. FORD. Where is Nan now, and her troop of fairies, and the Welsh devil, Hugh?MRS. PAGE. They are all couch'd in a pit hard by Heme's oak, with obscur'd lights; which, at the very instant of Falstaff's and our meeting, they will at
- 366 FALSTAFF. Have I laid my brain in the sun, and dried it, that it wants matter to prevent so gross, o'er-reaching as this?Am I ridden with a Welsh goat too? Shall I have a c.o.x-comb of frieze? 'Tis time I were chok'd with a piece of toasted
- 367 Athens. The palace of THESEUS Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and ATTENDANTS THESEUS. Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon; but, O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! She lingers my desire
- 368 Enter QUINCE, SNUG, BOTTOM FLUTE, SNOUT, and STARVELING QUINCE. Is all our company here?BOTTOM. You were best to call them generally, man by man, according to the scrip.QUINCE. Here is the scroll of every man's name which is thought fit, through all
- 369 OBERON. Do you amend it, then; it lies in you.Why should t.i.tania cross her Oberon?I do but beg a little changeling boy To be my henchman.t.i.tANIA. Set your heart at rest; The fairy land buys not the child of me.His mother was a vot'ress of my orde
- 370 Love takes the meaning in love's conference.I mean that my heart unto yours is knit, So that but one heart we can make of it; Two bosoms interchained with an oath, So then two bosoms and a single troth.Then by your side no bed-room me deny, For lying
- 371 PUCK. What hempen homespuns have we swagg'ring here, So near the cradle of the Fairy Queen?What, a play toward! I'll be an auditor; An actor too perhaps, if I see cause.QUINCE. Speak, Pyramus. Thisby, stand forth.BOTTOM. Thisby, the flowers of o
- 372 Lay breath so bitter on your bitter foe.HERMIA. Now I but chide, but I should use thee worse, For thou, I fear, hast given me cause to curse.If thou hast slain Lysander in his sleep, Being o'er shoes in blood, plunge in the deep, And kill me too.The
- 373 HERMIA. Sweet, do not scorn her so.DEMETRIUS. If she cannot entreat, I can compel.LYSANDER. Thou canst compel no more than she entreat; Thy threats have no more strength than her weak prayers Helen, I love thee, by my life I do; I swear by that which I wi
- 374 I followed fast, but faster he did fly, That fallen am I in dark uneven way, And here will rest me. [Lies down] Come, thou gentle day.For if but once thou show me thy grey light, I'll find Demetrius, and revenge this spite. [Sleeps]Re-enter PUCK and
- 375 Dispatch, I say, and find the forester. Exit an ATTENDANT We will, fair Queen, up to the mountain's top, And mark the musical confusion Of hounds and echo in conjunction.HIPPOLYTA. I was with Hercules and Cadmus once When in a wood of Crete they bay&
- 376 PHILOSTRATE. There is a brief how many sports are ripe; Make choice of which your Highness will see first.[Giving a paper]THESEUS. 'The battle with the Centaurs, to be sung By an Athenian eunuch to the harp.'We'll none of that: that have I
- 377 THESEUS. A very gentle beast, and of a good conscience.DEMETRIUS. The very best at a beast, my lord, that e'er I saw.LYSANDER. This lion is a very fox for his valour.THESEUS. True; and a goose for his discretion.DEMETRIUS. Not so, my lord; for his va
- 378 If you pardon, we will mend.And, as I am an honest Puck, If we have unearned luck Now to scape the serpent's tongue, We will make amends ere long; Else the Puck a liar call.So, good night unto you all.Give me your hands, if we be friends, And Robin s
- 379 Mess. Don Pedro is approach'd.Enter Don Pedro, Claudio, Bened.i.c.k, Balthasar, and John the b.a.s.t.a.r.d.Pedro. Good Signior Leonato, are you come to meet your trouble? The fas.h.i.+on of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.Leon. Never
- 380 Scene II.A room in Leonato's house.Enter [at one door] Leonato and [at another door, Antonio] an old man, brother to Leonato.Leon. How now, brother? Where is my cousin your son? Hath he provided this music?Ant. He is very busy about it. But, brother,
- 381 Enter, [masked,] Don Pedro, Claudio, Bened.i.c.k, and Balthasar.[With them enter Antonio, also masked. After them enter]Don John [and Borachio (without masks), who stand aside and look on during the dance].Pedro. Lady, will you walk a bout with your frien
- 382 Pedro. None, but to desire your good company.Bene. O G.o.d, sir, here's a dish I love not! I cannot endure my Lady Tongue. [Exit.]Pedro. Come, lady, come; you have lost the heart of Signior Bened.i.c.k.Beat. Indeed, my lord, he lent it me awhile, and
- 383 Pedro. See you where Bened.i.c.k hath hid himself?Claud. O, very well, my lord. The music ended, We'll fit the kid-fox with a pennyworth.Enter Balthasar with Music.Pedro. Come, Balthasar, we'll hear that song again.Balth. O, good my lord, tax no
- 384 Beat. I took no more pains for those thanks than you take pains to thank me. If it had been painful, I would not have come.Bene. You take pleasure then in the message?Beat. Yea, just so much as you may take upon a knives point, and choke a daw withal. You
- 385 Bene. Hang it!Claud. You must hang it first and draw it afterwards.Pedro. What? sigh for the toothache?Leon. Where is but a humour or a worm.Bene. Well, every one can master a grief but he that has it.Claud. Yet say I he is in love.Pedro. There is no appe
- 386 Enter Borachio and Conrade.Bora. What, Conrade!2. Watch. [aside] Peace! stir not!Bora. Conrade, I say!Con. Here, man. I am at thy elbow.Bora. Ma.s.s, and my elbow itch'd! I thought there would a scab follow.Con. I will owe thee an answer for that; an
- 387 [Exeunt.]Scene V.The hall in Leonato's house.Enter Leonato and the Constable [Dogberry] and the Headborough [verges].Leon. What would you with me, honest neighbour? Dog. Marry, sir, I would have some confidence with you that decerns you nearly.Leon.
- 388 Claud. Let me but move one question to your daughter, And by that fatherly and kindly power That you have in her, bid her answer truly.Leon. I charge thee do so, as thou art my child.Hero. O, G.o.d defend me! How am I beset!What kind of catechising call y
- 389 Bene. Is Claudio thine enemy?Beat. Is 'a not approved in the height a villain, that hath slandered, scorned, dishonoured my kinswoman? O that I were a man! What? bear her in hand until they come to take hands, and then with public accusation, uncover
- 390 Claud. Who wrongs him?Leon. Marry, thou dost wrong me, thou dissembler, thou!Nay, never lay thy hand upon thy sword; I fear thee not.Claud. Mary, beshrew my hand If it should give your age such cause of fear.In faith, my hand meant nothing to my sword.Leo
- 391 Bora. Yea, even I alone.Leon. No, not so, villain! thou beliest thyself.Here stand a pair of honourable men-- A third is fled--that had a hand in it.I thank you princes for my daughter's death.Record it with your high and worthy deeds.'Twas brav
- 392 Lord. It is, my lord.Claud. [reads from a scroll]Epitaph.Done to death by slanderous tongues Was the Hero that here lies.Death, in guerdon of her wrongs, Gives her fame which never dies.So the life that died with shame Lives in death with glorious fame.Ha
- 393 Hero. And here's another, Writ in my cousin's hand, stol'n from her pocket, Containing her affection unto Bened.i.c.k.Bene. A miracle! Here's our own hands against our hearts.Come, I will have thee; but, by this light, I take thee for
- 394 RODERIGO. Patience, good sir.BRABANTIO. What tell'st thou me of robbing? This is Venice; My house is not a grange.RODERIGO. Most grave Brabantio, In simple and pure soul I come to you.IAGO. 'Zounds, sir, you are one of those that will not serve G.o.d, i
- 395 SCENE III.A council chamber. The Duke and Senators sitting at a table; Officers attending.DUKE. There is no composition in these news That gives them credit.FIRST SENATOR. Indeed they are disproportion'd; My letters say a hundred and seven galleys.DUKE.
- 396 BRABANTIO. I'll not have it so.OTh.e.l.lO. Nor I.DESDEMONA. Nor I. I would not there reside To put my father in impatient thoughts By being in his eye. Most gracious Duke, To my unfolding lend your prosperous ear, And let me find a charter in your voice
- 397 What noise?FOURTH GENTLEMAN. The town is empty; on the brow o' the sea Stand ranks of people, and they cry, "A sail!"Ca.s.sIO. My hopes do shape him for the governor.Guns heard.SECOND GENTLEMAN. They do discharge their shot of courtesy- Our friends at
- 398 IAGO. Lechery, by this hand; an index and obscure prologue to the history of l.u.s.t and foul thoughts. They met so near with their lips that their breaths embraced together. Villainous thoughts, Roderigo! When these mutualities so marshal the way, hard a
- 399 He'll watch the horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle.MONTANO. It were well The general were put in mind of it.Perhaps he sees it not, or his good nature Prizes the virtue that appears in Ca.s.sio And looks not on his evils. Is not this tru
- 400 Ca.s.sIO. Good night, honest Iago. Exit.IAGO. And what's he then that says I play the villain?When this advice is free I give and honest, Probal to thinking, and indeed the course To win the Moor again? For 'tis most easy The inclining Desdemona to subd